I am not pregnant but we are currently TTC and we always end up talking about baby names, I know we are getting a little ahead of ourselves but it’s fun to imagine what we will name our future children. For a girl I originally liked the name Rosalyn Grace but since my Darling Husband is Turkish he wants to use a Turkish middle name, the only one I really like is Ayla and DH’s sister used that for her daughter’s middle name. Do you think it would be weird for me to also use that as a middle name if we ever have a daughter? I thought we could start a tradition and hopefully that name will be in the family for years to come as a middle name.

My sister and our first cousin have the same middle name named after the same person and they are very close in age, its not weird at all. My sister had a baby and my cousin did at the same time and guess what? Babies have the same middle name! haha I guess our family likes that but since its family names/mean something no one thinks its odd at all.

I don’t think I would on purpose unless I just absolutely loved it & there weren’t any other options. But, it’s just a middle name. As an adult, paperwork doesn’t even care what your middle name is lol…they only ask for your middle initial! I actually realized that a couple months ago.

I was pregnant with my son the same time my first cousin was pregnant. Our grandfather, whose middle name was Andrew, died when I was almost 5 months along–cousin was around 3 months. We both named our sons Andrew. I call mine Andy, she calls hers Drew.

As for the “just middle name” argument goes, I actually go by my middle name. Don’t know why my parents did that to me.

All the male first cousins in my family have the same middle name, my grandfather’s name. Most of my first cousins sons all have that same middle name. it’s no big deal. In fact two have the same first names and same middle names, one goes by first name and one goes by his middle name.

MRS-K: It depends. My kids go by their middle names, so it would depend on if the family member did too. It would also depend on the why the name that was chosen. My cousin passed away in a car crash when I was 16 and several of the children born in our generation have his middle name.

ETA: My oldest cousin on my mom’s side middle name is Marie, so is mine her oldest daughter. Soooo…..

If we had a daughter and we used the name Ayla for her middle name, the name would never be used, the name would just be on her birth certificate and when she is first born we will introduce her as Rosalyn Ayla our last name but then after she will just go by her first name.

My cousin has the same middle name as me. Im Emily Grace and shes Constance Grace. Im ten years older but she actually goes by Grace. I never though it was weird. I feel like were in the same club or something because we have the same middle name.